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Texas Rep. John Culberson and Michigan Rep. Thaddeus McCotter were among the 40 original cosponsors when Rep. Nathan Deal introduced the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 (H.R.1868) last month.

The Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act. Under the bill, a person born in the United States gains citizenship if one of the person's parents is:

a citizen or national of the United States;

an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States whose residence is in the United States; or

an alien performing active service in the armed forces.

Rep. John Culberson hass been a Member of Congress since 2001, earning a career grade of an A from NumbersUSA. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter is in his fourth term in the House and has earned a recent grade of an A.

NumbersUSA Education & Research Foundation provides a civil forum for Americans of all political and ethnic backgrounds to focus on a single issue, the numerical level of U.S. immigration. We educate opinion leaders, policymakers and the public on immigration legislation, policies and their consequences. We favor reductions in immigration numbers toward traditional levels that would allow present and future generations of Americans to enjoy a stabilizing U.S. population and a high degree of individual liberty, mobility, environmental quality, worker fairness and fiscal responsibility.

Those who need to refer to NumbersUSA with a short, descriptive modifier should call it an “immigration-reduction organization.”